The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)

The Church of Jesus Christ
Classification	Restorationist
Region	Worldwide
Headquarters	Monongahela, Pennsylvania
Origin	April 6, 1830 Manchester or Fayette, New York, United States
Members	22,992

The Church of Jesus Christ is an international Christian religious denomination headquartered in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1][2] The church is a Christian Restorationist church and accepts the Book of Mormon as scripture. The church considers itself the gospel restored, or the original church and good news as established by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, restored upon the earth. It also claims to be the spiritual successor to the Church of Christ, organized by Joseph Smith on April 6, 1830. The church sees Sidney Rigdon as Smith's rightful successor following the assassination of Smith because Rigdon was Smith's first counselor in the First Presidency.^[3] The church is not officially affiliated with any other church, organization or denomination.

As of August 2023, church membership totaled 22,992.^[4] The Church of Jesus Christ is considered "the third largest Restoration church to have resulted from the 1844 succession crisis", describing Joseph Smith's death that year without a clear line of succession.^[5] It has sometimes been referred to as a "Bickertonite church" or "Rigdonite organization"^[6] based upon the church's historical succession through William Bickerton and Sidney Rigdon. However, the church does not use these terms in referring to itself.

The stated purpose of the church is "to share the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, His promises and His redeeming love with all nations and races throughout the world and to carry out God’s plans in the latter days."^[7]